TY - JOUR AU - Thankappan, KR AU - Mini, GK AU - Daivadanam, Meena AU - Vijayakumar, G. AU - Sarma, PS AU - Nichter, Mark PY - 2013 DA - 2013/01/18 TI - Smoking cessation among diabetes patients: results of a pilot randomized controlled trial in Kerala, India JO - BMC Public Health SP - 47 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - India has the second largest diabetic population (61 million) and tobacco users (275 million) in the world. Data on smoking cessation among diabetic patients are limited in low and middle income countries. The objective of the study was to document the effectiveness of diabetic specific smoking cessation counseling by a non-doctor health professional in addition to a cessation advice to quit, delivered by doctors. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-47 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-13-47 ID - Thankappan2013 ER -